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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

GZ Legends 39: The TANK pt 2

Anubis, Nightfall, Dr. Vampire,
Blacktide, Nyhtwulf, and Lonestar stepped through the portal onto a ransacked
city street. Cars were overturned, crushed, and burning. The fronts of all the
buildings were gaping, smoking holes. Deep cracks webbed across asphalt and
concrete. Not even lamp posts remained standing. The final touch to the visual
nightmare lay with the bodies of the dead strewn up and down the street.

“This is the work of the TANK
armor. It’s an alien weapon and its name stands for Terminate, Attack, Negate,
and Kill.” Doctor Vampire explained it with a heavy conscience bothering him
from the last mission. “As before, we are facing something we cannot destroy.
We have to keep it busy until we can deactivate it.”

“What am I supposed to do to it?”
Nightfall said.

“You’re power can separate the
neural link the armor has with its pilot. This machine was built to remove any
form of conscience from its pilot so that kill missions could be completed
without hesitation. Whoever climbed into the cockpit, is a fool and
a victim. He or she may even be completely innocent.”

“And me?” Blacktide said. “I was
totally useless against The Hearse. What do you want me to do with this?”

“You don’t have to use your powers
directly on the TANK to be helpful or effective. If you think about it, I’m
sure you’ll find there are other things you can do.” Doctor Vampire said.

“And the rest of us will keep it
good and busy until we can send it back to the museum, Doc.” Anubis said. “So
let’s get going before all of Seattle becomes a fiery memory.”

On those words, everyone broke into
a run, but Doctor Vampire grabbed Anubis by the arm for one last second.

“Doc, it’s okay. I understand what
happened. Besides, you don’t hit anywhere near as hard as The Hearse does!”

Anubis flew into the air and Doctor
Vampire followed. It didn’t take long to catch up with the TANK as it took its
time delivering destruction. No trail of terror could be more obvious. If that
wasn’t enough, the TANK’s attacks could be heard miles away. Explosions, the
screech of energy weapons fire, and the screams of innocent victims were a
morbid chorus in the streets of Seattle.

Anubis and Nyhtwulf were first to
get in the TANK’s way. Nyhtwulf hovered in front of it and waited. Without hesitation,
it fired powerful beams of energy that vanished into the Twilie Demon’s shadowy
body. Those beams came back out from Nyhtwulf’s hand as the lupine hero used
his power to redirect any energy that enters his body. The force of being hit
with its own weapon actually made the TANK take one step backward.

Anubis followed up with a powerful
flying uppercut using his lance. Since the machine was slightly off balance,
the blow delivered it the rest of the way to the ground. It landed on its back
with a resounding crash. It didn’t stay there. Propulsion jets instantly
brought it back to its feet. It swung a metal hand at Nyhtwulf who simply
turned intangible and avoided it. Anubis had to perform aerial dodging
maneuvers from energy blasts.

Dr. Vampire and the rest caught up
just in time for Anubis’s aerobatic display.

“Who knew he was so agile,”
Nightfall said without realizing it.

Dr. Vampire shook his head and
turned to Blacktide.

“This is your chance. They brought
it down once. You can do it again.”

Blacktide thought fast. How could
he bring down this giant when he couldn’t hurt it. He grit his teeth and took
several running steps forward. He threw his hand outward in a wide arc and a
gray wave of disintegration power surged out. In a cloud of smoke, the street
under the TANK’s feet vanished and it crashed to its back again. Blacktide
barely rolled out of the way in time.

Lonestar jumped onto the front of
the machine and tried to jam his sword into the seam where the front would
open. His sword couldn’t wedge into the gap no matter how hard it was thrust.
There was the loud song of metal clashing with
metal, as a giant hand swatted Lonestar away. The Starknight flew
through the front of a nearby building with the crunch of brick and shattering
of glass. Again, the TANK was on its feet.

Anubis dropped out of the dark sky
like a missile, landing both feet square in the upper front of the machine.
Such was the force of his landing that the TANK was knocked down for a third
time.

“Nyhtwulf! Shield me from its energy
cannons!” Doctor Vampire cried out as he took position on top of the TANK.
Looking into the front visor, Dr. Vampire could see the blank face of the young
gangster.

Dr. Vampire took off his sunglasses
as Nyhtwulf landed between him and the TANK’s shoulder cannons. The Vampire
looked the young thug in the eyes with the inherited power of hypnosis. A
sudden screaming sound in his brain, made Dr. Vampire cry out and reel
backwards. Nyhtwulf caught him and flew him out of the way as the TANK regained
its standing again.

“I thought I could strengthen his
mind against the TANK’s control,” groaned Dr. Vampire. “It’s too strong. We
have to get it to open up.”

Anubis and Lonestar moved in to
tackle the TANK at its broad legs while Blacktide prepared a deeper hole for it
in the street. Blacktide wondered if he could make the hole so the machine
would be wedged too much to just jump back up again.

The TANK shimmered with new energy
on their approach and a shockwave of power exploded across the area. No one
could hold their ground against it. Anubis was tossed into the blackened sky.
Lonestar was thrown down a side street like an armored rag doll. Nyhtwulf and
Dr. Vampire vanished into another building that collapsed on top of them.
Blacktide flew through vehicles and debris in another direction. Even
Nightfall, who had kept her distance, waiting for her part in the fight, was
thrown back. As the monstrous TANK stomped forward, not a hero stood against
it.

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